Japan’s City Boy Culture | Beyond Fashion

What makes someone a city boy? A white shirt and sneakers are only the beginning. This episode explores Japan’s city boy culture through clothes, books, music, homes, and the places people spend their time. Starting with everyday choices, we look back at the Whole Earth Catalog, Takarajima, and the launch of POPEYE in 1976, then follow the connections between magazines, readers, skaters, shops, and contemporary creative work. Along the way, we meet the ideas and experiences of Akio Hasegawa, Daiki Suzuki, Tetsu Nishiyama, Taro Hirano, Goro Nakatsugawa, and Takahiro Kinoshita. Their stories reveal a culture shaped by individual curiosity and by sharing what they discover. Chapters 00:00 What is a city boy? 01:23 The choices behind the look 05:53 Tools and knowledge 07:12 Urban life before POPEYE 08:46 What continued, what changed 10:48 Readers step into the city 13:22 The street shapes the magazine 15:22 New work, new readers 17:41 A culture of choosing and sharing About INTANGIBLE Culture Discover the stories behind Japan’s distinctive cultures and how they continue to shape life today. Subscribe for more stories about the people, places, and encounters behind everyday life in Japan. Selected sources and image credits AH.H · Seishi Shirakawa https://ah.houyhnhnm.jp/feature/focus... New Balance Japan · Reissue reference https://company.newbalance.jp/wp-cont... New Balance Japan https://company.newbalance.jp/wp-cont... POPEYE · Jack Orton https://popeyemagazine.jp/post-152891/ POPEYE · Magazine House https://popeyemagazine.jp/post-274242/ Whole Earth Index · Internet Archive https://wholeearth.info/p/whole-earth... Cover reproduced by barubora · note https://note.com/bxjp/n/n2071800f53eb Cover reproduced in Magazine House media kit https://img.ad-mag.jp/2017/06/2413395... ACROSS · PARCO · interview #04760 https://www.web-across.com/todays/cns... POPEYE ONLINE STORE https://store.popeyemagazine.jp/produ... POPEYE · Magazine House https://magazineworld.jp/popeye/popey... POPEYE · Magazine House https://popeyemagazine.jp/post-161614/ UNIQLO · official press release https://www.uniqlo.com/jp/ja/contents... Boku no Ojisan · Magnif interview https://www.mononcle.jp/column/interv... POPEYE Web · MIN-NANO car feature and PCCF cap · Photography by Wataru Kitao https://popeyemagazine.jp/post-115119/ HOUYHNHNM · Skateboarding and fashion discussion · Photography by Shin Hamada https://www.houyhnhnm.jp/feature/235896/ Music by BGMer https://bgmer.net/ #CityBoy #JapaneseCulture #POPEYE